lothing. we know that police did arrive to the scene initially and only saw three victims. they actually accident happened those victims put them in police cruisers and transported those victims to temple hospital. i'm told all three did suffer gun shots wounds. take a look at this video. this will give you a better look at the scene at the end of the block that is still very active at this point. we see a lot of white shirts. this is the 26th district but detectives are also on scene. when police got to the end of the block that's when they discovered four more people that they were grazed possibly by bullets and they were taken to hahnemann hospital. among three of them, those are the three adults taken to hahnemann and that one little girl was taken to saint christopher's hospital. back out here live you can still see it is an active scene. this whole area is cordoned off. a lot of neighbors can't get back to good homes. we're waiting to find out details. we know a weapon was recovered. whether or not it was the weapon that was used we don't know at this point. we're told that a shot gun was

used in this case. one thing we do want to let you know is that in the case of using a shot gun we don't know exactly what type of bullets, what type of projectiles they used. in some cases there is a bird shot that is used. that's something where there's nine to 11 pellets in one casing and that is a lot of time why you hear about these mass injuries that happen in these shootings. those pellets can spray an area. we're still waiting to find out if that is the case here. that was the case over the weekend in west philadelphia but again we're still waiting to learn more from police. east detectives are on the scene already we've seen them in a number of stores in the area trying to look for surveillance video as they piece together this crime as well. also we know that one person is still on the loose that police are currently looking for so they do not have the alleged gunman in custody. for now live in kensington, annie mccormack channel6 "action news." >> we'll continue to follow this. this shooting happening less than 48 hours after 10 people were shot at a west

philadelphia block party. detectives believe two gunmen opened fire from the corner of 41st and ogden just before 10:00 on saturday night. at least one was armed with a shot gun. an 18 month old girl and two boys were among the wounded. but they are now out of the hospital and police are still looking for the suspects. >> bottled water recall involving several brands include something big name supermarkets. >> that water all came from the same supplier. sarah bloomquist is live at the acme in bala cynwyd. sarah this recall is fair physical limited but everyone trying to be very cautious here. >> reporter: eva and alicia that's right. acme is among a handful of stores in our area to voluntarily pull the affected water off of store shelves over this past weekend. they went beyond the recall and pulled additional brands. this was a voluntary recall. at this point nobody has become sick. there are no reports of anybody falling ill but this was a voluntary recall out of

an abundance of caution after multiple samples tested positive for e. coli at the spring water source. at the acme in bala cynwyd shoppers were just beginning to hear of the bottled water recall this afternoon. >> a little scary. kind of scary. makes you worried on what you're drinking. what are we drinking. >> i'm very concerned about what's going on in the world with our foods and with our drinking water and so on and so forth. >> reporter: niagara water purchased the spring water from far away springs in auburn schuylkill county. it was then bottled at niagara facilities in hamburg berks county or upper macungie lehigh county between june 10th and june 18th. routine testing at far away springs found multiple samples indicating the presence of e. coli in the water. the bottled water was treated but not at a dep permitted treatment facility. so stores voluntarily recalled the water over the weekend.

the water is sold under a number of brand names including in our area acme, 7-eleven, shop rite and wegmans: does that concern you when you hear that? >> yes, very much so. >> reporter: do you buy bottled water frequently? >> yes. >> i might check the brands, yeah. >> reporter: and bring it back? >> no, i'll probable dump it. >> reporter: well, you can do that. but customers are urged to check the labels, check it for very specific information. if it fits, you can bring it back to the store where you bought it for a full refundly we've linked to all of the information you into need to know on our web side 6abc.com. niagara has discontinued the use of this water source. live in bala cynwyd, i'm sarah bloomquist channel6 "action news." >> thanks sarah. tough day to worry about your water because it's the first full day of summer and it is a hot one and the thermometer only going um over the next 24 hours. >> absolutely. go outside to meteorologist

adam joseph standing out there in that heat for us this afternoon for our first look at the accuweather forecast and some talk of storms. >> yeah, the threat of storms will come tomorrow afternoon but how appropriate that the first full day of summer is certainly feeling like it with temperatures near 90 degrees. in fact, philadelphia the last hour we were at 89 degrees. we did hit 90 about an hour ago but let's just say the more extreme heat is to our south in charlotte 99, nashville 92, charleston south carolina 96 degrees. down the pike in richmond it is 95. today it is a dry heat. it's hot but it's dry. tomorrow that humidity will spike along with the heat, so a heat advisory will go into that effects tomorrow at 11 o'clock in the morning and linger through 6:00 p.m. for all the areas and towns highlighted in orange. it just means that the heat index will be dangerous tomorrow and nearing 100 degrees. in addition to that, we are tracking a storm that is pushing through the great lakes right now bringing quite a lot of severe weather

between chicago and detroit. most of that energy will be lifting to our north into new england tomorrow but it will have a trailing cold front that will pass through during the afternoon hours. so that front will collide with the heat and humidity so any time between about 1 o'clock and 5 o'clock storms will fire up. spotty in nature to the north and west and then work through the city right around this time tomorrow. the severe parameters we do have the likelihood of seeing some wind and hail around here. all areas in orange but the highest risk for severe storms tomorrow will be in new england with the possibility of some tornadoes up there but we're still going to monitor these through the day tomorrow. i'll have more specific look at future tracker and time them alicia coming up in that full accuweather forecast when i come back inside. >> adam thanks. before you head out check the storm tracker six app on your mobile device. you can find the latest weather conditions for your exact location plus the hourly forecasts to help he plan out your day and for more insight be sure to follow our team of meteorologists on facebook and twitter.

>> investigators trying to generate new leads in the unsolved and mysterious death of a new jersey mother. 59-year-old carol reef was reported missing june 20 2013. police found her body four days later near a maintenance building in her gloucester township apartment complex. today her daughter and police released a youtube video with a time line of her disappearance. a $20,000 reward is also available for credible tips. david henry will have more in a live report tonight at 5:00. >> brand new at 4:00 from our delaware news room four women are in the hospital right now after a crash in bear. police say a blue jeep wrangler ran a red light at the intersection of route 40 and route 70. a white four door started to go when the light turned green but ended up slamming into the jeep causing it to roll over. there were two women in each car. they're all being treated but they're all expected to survive. >> several car owners will have to pay for expensive repairs after someone slashed their tires today. the vandal hit near the

intersection of 29th and huntingdon streets in the strawberry mansion section of philadelphia. drivers found the damage when they woke up this morning. one woman didn't notice and began driving her children to school. she had to pull over and call her father to help change the tires so she could make it into work. >> it's a shame because almost everybody on the block works in the morning. so, it's just -- it's crazy to have to come out to your car and see that your tires are slashed. >> the victims tell "action news" about seven cars were damaged. philadelphia police are investigating. >> the philadelphia delegation is in rome for one final visit before the world meeting of families and they're hammering out the details of pope francis' visit in september. brian taff is traveling with the group and joins us now live from rome and brian no time for jetlag today. hit the ground running there. >> reporter: yeah, not even one second for jetlag alicia. hello and good evening from rome. we are standing right now live

on the same spanish steps one of the most legendary urban landmarks anywhere in the world. it spans 135 steps all the way from the top all the way to the bottom. they're incredibly steep steps and frankly it's kind of an apt metaphor for the planning process for waiting for pope francis' arrival in philadelphia. so with that in mind the planners arrived back here in rome today with the hopes of making sure the event not only goes off without a hitch but that it's also memorable and meaningful. those are two words that really resonate with mayor michael nutter. when you look at your role here and you think when the history books are written this iconic figure at this turning point for the church and your name is right there next to it talk about the pressure and the pride that comes with that. >> being involved with any of them that has pope francis being a part of it there's an enormous amount of pride at a personal and professional level but it is of course a window into how serious things

are and, you know, i would probably say that the main watch word here is don't mess up right. [laughter] >> reporter: michael nutter staring at the end of his eight years in the mayor's office is only reflective when it comes to the magnitude of september's world meeting of families. for him, it will serve as a kind of capstone for his years of public service. for both the mayor and those that experience it, it is much more than a week long event. >> this will be an event that folks will remember for a long, long period of time. this is something that people will be talking with their kids and grandchildren about and for our city to be that center place for this kind of event, you know, i'm good with that. >> reporter: so here he is in rome once again to dot the i's and cross the t's in a planning process that's slowly winding its way from point a to the papal visit. >> oh, i mean, we're -- we're going to stay with the alphabet. we're fairly far down the we'redown.we're past m.

>> reporter: yeah, elvers about it but there is quite a bit of planning left to do and we're going to be here for all of it starting first thing tomorrow morning there's a whole slate of meetings set to take place between tuesday morning and thursday evening. among the things we'll find out are the names of the performers, the musical performers who will be coming to philadelphia along with the pope. trust me when i say that some of the names you will know. they are global music superstars so, yes, this is much more than just a religious event coming to philadelphia this september. coming up tonight at 6 o'clock you're going to meet one of the women behind the planning arguably the woman who does the most planning but you probably don't know her name. tonight we'll introduce you to her. for now, live in rome on the beautiful spanish steps on an incredibly beautiful night i'm brian taff. we'll send things back to you guys. >> all right, brian in the meantime go grab a nice espresso and gelato.

brian will have live reports from rome all week and you can keep up with all the new developments from the vatican and right here in philadelphia on twitter. just follow our special handle at 6abc pope. nice night in rome. >> yeah, lucky him. >> sticky and warm here. still ahead on "action news" at 4:00 there could finally be a break in the search for two escaped killers in new york. the new lead that police are following right now. >> plus, a renewed debate over the confederate flag. what south carolina leaders are saying today in the wake of last week's deadly shooting. >> and a big change for apple. how taylor swift managed to persuade the tech giant to change one of its policies. that's coming up.

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miles from that prison where richard matt and david sweat escaped. investigators found dna matches from both men at a remote hunting cabin. the samples came from food left behind by the fugitives. >> the debate is rage dag in south carolina over the confederate flag and whether it should fly at all in the wake of last week's deadly church shooting. republican governor nikki haley is holding a news conference right now. she says she wants the flag taken down. now over the weekend thousands of people came together for peaceful demonstrations. emmanuel ame church packed. roll lips and political leaders are organizing a rally for tomorrow calling for the removal of the confederate battle flag from the state capitol. now south carolina law requires a two-thirds majority in both houses of the state legislature before that flag can come down. >> apple has agreed to pay royal tease toroyalties to musicians

for the three month trial period for his new streaming service thanks to swift. swift wrote a letter saying her album 1989 would not be available on the service since apple would not may royalties. she says musicians don't ask for free iphones so apple shouldn't expect free music. apple tweeted last night "we hear you taylor swift and indy artist." love apple and agreed to change its policy. dow jones ticking up 103 points on the day nasdaq up 36 and the s & p 500 gaining 12 points. nice green arrow there is. >> always g time for the "action news" traffic report. always busy on the roads. >> and on a monday especially. we'll go lie to matt pelman in the "action news" traffic center. >> some green arrows to red lights red brake lights on these roads. as we look live at the schuylkill expressway it's a slow crawl on the eastbound side coming away from king of prussia through this point at gulph mills. got a couple little

fender-benders. they're all on the shoulder so both lanes are opened but as you can see they're attracting attention as flashing lights always do. a little extra slow coming away from 202 on the schuylkill eastbound. had a crash to watch out for in warminster avenue and one in abington closing down woodland road near wonderland road there by saint john of the cross. maybe stick with thompson road to get around it. in bristol bucks county. a vehicle fire on the ac expressway westbound by hammonton. in absecon a gas main break this afternoon blocking off route nine. find a local detour as you travel through absecon. we'll check it again eva coming up in the next half hour. >> thanks, matt. people hit the lynx today for charity in chester county. wanes borrow country club in paoli hosts this outing every june for the american red cross. the tournament raises money for disaster relief across southeastern pennsylvania. the winners get to keep the red cross cup along with

bragging rights, of course. >> perfect weather to be on the golf course today. >> yeah, today. i think things are about to change. getting hot. time for the accuweather forecast. >> let's head to adam joseph. >> yes, it is getting hot. up to this point in the year we see six days of 90 degrees or above. today we hit 90 degrees for the seventh day this year we're pretty average. we're way behind the normal and this year it looks like we'll be around normal which is in the upper 20's by the end of the summer. as we take a look at your temperatures, 88 wilmington, 89 right now in philadelphia so we've backed off from that high of 90 so far. 86 in allentown. we have a direct westerly wind so you can see the shore no sea breeze this afternoon. temperatures there in the upper 80's. but the humidity is in check today. it's not that bad this afternoon. but tonight it will be turning more humid each and every hour as we go deeper into the overnight with a few patchy clouds. upper 60's north of town, 74

philadelphia and to the south at the shore a muggy 70 to 72 degrees. then tomorrow afternoon, this is when the heat will really spike along with the humidity inhappened locates right along i-95 interior southern new jersey, most of delaware it will feel close to 100 degrees tomorrow with the combination of that air temperature and the humidity. 95 to a hundred in the lehigh valley and the same for the shore and also cape may county. we had a massive complex that passed through chicago and the southern great lakes earlier this morning really rocking severe weather through there. it has somewhat fallen apart but this is just a piece of some energy that's going to pass through here tomorrow afternoon. so, with the heat and humidity at 2 o'clock we'll start to see a couple of pop-ups that develop. it doesn't look like we're going to have a solid line we'll be tracking but it will try to pull together around the 4 o'clock hour right along i-95 so this time tomorrow we could see some very strong, if not a couple of severe storms pass through and then it pushes off the coast by around 7 o'clock. so the window tomorrow is

anywhere between about 1:00 to 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. the biggest threat tomorrow will be the tremendous lightning along with some torrential downpours moderate risk for some strong winds and large hail and right now because the winds and the atmosphere really don't turn all that much or doesn't look like it will tomorrow we'll keep the tornado risk on the low side. as we look at the four day at 4:00 forecast it's very hot and humid tomorrow with strong to severe storms. 95 feeling like 100 degrees and then a beautiful wednesday. once that front pulls off the coast the humidity drops, full sunshine, 86 degrees midweek. and then clouds will build for the parade of sails for the tall ships coming to town thundershowers afternoon. could be a couple evening showers. hopefully they'll hold off until the end cools off at 84 degrees and a lot of showers on friday with a temperature of 81 and the weekend right now eh, we'll see that in the seven-day forecast. >> for now we'll just get through tomorrow focus on that nice wednesday. adam thanks. >> yeah.

>> some delaware police officers are moving up through the ranks. the group of seven men and women were promoted today within the new castle county police departments. three sergeants two lieutenants one major and one captain were recognized at the ceremony in minquedale in front of proud family and friends this afternoon. >> still ahead the fallout from firefly. police announce a big drug bust at the weekend music festival. >> a near miss on the tracks. how two police officers managed to rescue a man just moments before his car was hit by a train. >> and we want to remind you to go to the facebook page and like the 6abc "action news" facebook page. that will give you access to all of the top stories we're following, weather updates breaking news and the best and most current viral videos. you can also communicate with members of the "action news" team. >> ♪♪

>> we're working to learn the name of the woman who died this morning after she was hit by a train in burlington county. chopper six was over the tracks in bordentown near prince street and west park street. the accident happened around 6:15 this morning which shut down nj transit's light rail line for part of the morning rush. investigators have not said how this happened. >> one man is dead after an early morning shooting in northeast philadelphia. it happened just after 1:00 a.m. on the 1700 block of scatter good street. police say they found the 21-year-old victim lying between two parked cars. he died at the scene a short time later. police have not told us his name. they also say they don't know who killed him or why. >> still ahead, we are live at hahnemann hospital with an update on some of the seven people shot in kensington. >> from horror to terrorism. a new jersey senior citizen is alive thanks to two off duty cops. what they did when they saw him sitting in the path of

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>> it is 4:30. "action news" continues with breaking nice out of philadelphia's kensington section where at least seven people were shot including one child. it was just after 2:30 this afternoon. >> three of the victims were

rushed to hahnemann university hospital in university city. that's where we find registered nurse and health reporter ali gorman. ali. guys we're still waiting for more information about this but as you said three people were taken here to hahnemann university hospital. some police sources say the three people suffered graze wounds. now, the shooting happened around 2:30 in the afternoon on the 700 block of east hilton street in kensington. three other people suffered gun shot wounds. they were taken by police cruisers rushed to temple university hospital and as annie mccorm mark had said earlier one child an 11-year-old child was injured and was taken to saint christopher's hospital. so, right now we are still working to learn the extent of the injuries at this time. we're waiting to learn more from the hospital. also waiting to learn more from the police. police do continue to investigate this crime scene. we'll continue to follow this story and we will bring you

the latest as it becomes available. so right now we are live outside hahnemann university hospital. ali gorman channel6 "action news." >> all right, ali, thank you. a new jersey senior citizen is alive right now thanks to the quick actions of some off duty officers. you're looking at the moment a 76-year-old man's ford escaped was launched off the tracks by a speeding train in delaware last night. fortunately that car was empty at the time. and it's all because of two newark cops. "action news" reporter chad pradelli talked to one of the dozens of people who witnessed their heroic actions and he's live near the scene with their story. chad. >> reporter: hey, deldot calls this the most dangerous railroad crossing in the state and last night it proved so. right there, that's where the vehicle got stuck next to that stop sign there halfway on the tracks and halfway into the gravel and the driver, what he didn't know is a train was coming through.

the train hit the suv with such force it plowed the vehicle a quarter mile before finally coming to a stop. >> i was just like what's going on. i saw all the flashing lights and everyone crowded around and i winds over there right as the car got hit. >> reporter: liz was working at the deer park tavern when patrons and coworkers ran to the window. 76-year-old george kichline was stuck on the tracks. two off duty newark cops were working security detail at the. >> they ran up to the vehicle as soon as they realized what was happening and started talking to the driver. >> reporter: that's when the crossing gate began to drop and the warning alarm sounded. they pulled him from the vehicle just a few seconds before impact. >> he definitely looked in shock. >> reporter: he did? >> yes, yes. how can you not be after something like that. >> i don't have any idea at all why he did or how he ended up stuck on the gravel. >> reporter: kichline

doesn't recall key details about the moment prior to the accident. he lives two hours away in new jersey. his family tells "action news" he may be suffering from dementia. they and others say it's just fortunate he wasn't in the ford escape during impact and no one was injured. >> thank god that that cop was there, that those two cops were there 'cause they pulled him out of the car. >> reporter: and deldot tells "action news" that it did implement some additional lighting and other measures here at this crossing in 2009 and 2010 but the department admits this is still a dangerous crossing and it may need to think outside of the box. i'm live in newark delaware, chad pradelli, channel6 "action news." >> chad, thank you. incredible video. and you can see it right now on our web site, 6abc.com. you can also join the action as well and submit your photos and videos of breaking news. e-mail us at join the action at 6abc.com or use #6abcaction

on social media. >> right now police in new castle county are trying to figure out why a driver slammed into a house in hockessin. the action cam was right there as officers checked out the scene along the 1500 block of brackenville road around 1:00 this afternoon. police say the driver first hit a pole, then crashed into the side of the home. two people were inside at the time but they weren't hurt. the driver is now being treated at an area hospital. >> we now know the name of a south jersey teenager who was crushed to death in a freak accident this weekend. ocean county prosecutors say 17-year-old jared marchiano was found underneath a 650-pound stone slab saturday morning. the teenager was apparently walking between marble and granite at stone encounters in berkeley township at the time. they're trying to figure out why marchiano was at the business or how long he had been trapped. we're also learning more about a street fight near coney island that claimed the life of a north philadelphia

man early this morning. police in new york city say 51-year-old eric rivera was shot in the head just after midnight. they believe he was trying to break up a fight between two women at the time. detectives have few clues to go on but say they're looking for at least one gunman. police say rivera was in brooklyn visiting family this weekend. >> a major drug bust in delaware kept a lot of dangerous drugs from making their way into the firefly music festival this weekend. undercover officers say they caught two men with hundreds of doses of lsd bath salts and hallucinogenic mushrooms on friday. 31-year-old daniel wood and 39-year-old dion mcpherson of michigan are each being held on $100,000 bond. >> big names in music coming to atlantic city this summer including maroon five. the band will perform on the beach on august 16th. adam levine and crew will be joined by nick jonas. tickets go on sale tomorrow for american express card members. everyone else can buy them

through ticketmaster starting at 10:00 a.m. on friday. >> the world meeting of families hunger and homelessness committee wants to honor pope francis' visit this sent by addressing poverty. today organizers joined local religious leaders to unveil the mercy and justice initiative in center city. it will include the francis fund short term campaign to help meet the needs of the homeless and hungry in the philadelphia and camden region. as well as the act for justice campaign which urges a concentrated national response to the poverty crisis. "action news" anchor brian taff is also there in rome for the final meetings ahead of the papal visit to philadelphia. his life reports from italy will continue throughout the evening and of course throughout the week right here on "action news." >> and i was just looking at the weather out there 'cause today it looked spectacular there from his report. >> it did. >> rain tomorrow there. >> okay. >> but the rest of the time he's there wall to wall sunshine every day with highs in the upper 80's.

>> making us jealous. >> exactly. >> at least he's getting a little rain, too. >> tomorrow. and we will as well tomorrow. the heat is on though. it's feeling like the middle if not the end of summer across much of the lower 48. blistering heat indices. 103 in saint louis feels like 102 in memphis, 99 in raleigh 102 in ohman it feels like the upper 80's here today. not too bad but that will change tomorrow as it will feel close to 100 degrees along the highly urn urbanized areas when a heat advisory will go into effect. if you have to work outside tomorrow please drink plenty of water. double scan live radar tracking low pressure moving east of the great lakes. severe letter rocking through detroit and approaching cleveland right now. most of the energy goes to the north tomorrow. however, there will be a cold front trailing along this low that will kind of pop a a couple of scattered strong to

severe storms tomorrow afternoon. we'll track them on future tracker and talk about what comes beyond that especially for this weekend looking pretty unsettled in that seven day. we'll chat about it in a little bit ladies. >> adam thank you. a south jersey man-made a rare catch while fishing in a pond. it's an exotic fish native to the amazon. "action news" anchor sharrie williams is live in the news room with more. hey, sharrie. >> reporter:. >> reporter: hey eva it's called a pack yu fish. take a look at what we're talking about. ron caught the fish in a pond in delran -- burlington county and he's kept it alive. coming up at 5:00 ron talks about making the rare catch and state environment officials explain how the fish might have gotten into our local waters. and then write an essay, get a home. details on the unique way one couple decided to sell their sprawling estate. we'll have those stories and much more eva when we join you at 5 o'clock. >> see you in a little bit. >> large piece of ocean county landmark is missing today.

if you drive by the basil dinosaur on route nine you probably noticed a change. berkeley township officials removed its head because they feared it was in danger of falling off. >> oh no,. >> the chunk weighing more than 150 pounds is kept somewhere safe. a commission is staging a fundraiser to help restore the dinosaur. >> that fish has been flossing i can tell. >> still ahead we'll tell you why a photo of a baby in a tube has the internet talking. why it's not as weird as it looks in big talkers. >> and if you need a little help in the self control department stay tuned. we'll introduce you to the philadelphia designer who create add plate that knows what you're eating and tells you when you've had enough. >> uh-oh. plus forget checking the fuel and landing gear. one pilot may start checking for cats when it comes to his preflight list. you don't want to miss the

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>> ♪♪ >> the taliban is claiming responsibility for a large well coordinated attack on the afghan parliament. it happened as lawmakers were about to vote on a new defense minister. >> (explosion). >> that was the exact moment a suicide bomber blew up his car outside the government building. at the same time a group of six militants tried to storm the officers. the fighters were killed. a woman and a child also died in that attack. police say all of the members of parliament made it out safely. a new jersey family claims their dream house has become a nightmare because of a dark past they were never warned about. the couple recently purchased a $1.3 million home in

westfield union county but they soon received threatening letters from anonymous person known as the watcher. the stalker asks why are you here? i will find out. another note says i am pleased to know your names now and the name of the youngblood you have brought to me. the family is now suing the previous owners. they claim the seller received one of the letters a week before closing and should have warned them about it. but legal experts aren't convinced there's even a case. >> previous owners don't really have an obligation legally to tell prospective buyers or the new owner that effects tiffly their house has been stalked. >> the family is so horrified they haven't even moved in. they've asked media outlets to withhold their identity. >> ♪♪ >> wow. here at the big board with the big talkers and this picture right here is going viral big time and while you might be thinking ouch, that can't be

comfortable, this is actually a pretty routine image in radiology departments. you see this is a pig o stat and keeps infants and toddlers completely still during x-rays. right now the alternative is parents holding their kids down and repeated attempts mean more scans and thus more radiation. this poor little one is trying to smile through it and this picture has social media doing a collective aww trying to get through that. so cute. former penn state football coach joe paterno is being remembered in a new brew. a pennsylvania brewing company is toasting the late coach with the paterno legacy series. the duquesne brewing company is creating this special beer in latrobe pennsylvania. the lager will come in 12-ounce cans featuring a picture of paterno the and a list of his accomplishments. paterno coached penn state until september 2011 when he was fired in the fallout from

the jerry sandusky scandal. a portion of the proceeds will go to the charities that his family supports. it will be available in mid august. and finally to thrill seekers of the feline kind and one cat who is certainly testing out that nine lives theory. the staff of this flight school in french guyana clearly needed to do a more though row check of the airplane was 37 seconds into this two passenger flight let's say a third passenger top right check it out right there, the furry kind just hopping right on board. the pilot said i still don't know if it got in after the preflight check or if i just missed it. the cat was kind of chilling there, hair flapping in the winds, the entire ride. they say the cat is now doing great and guess what? they made it their official mascot >> [laughter] >> get a little flight jacket and a pin ready to go. >> my goodness, can you imagine. >> i'm sure that cat is holding on for dear life.

>> terrified shaking. probably won't go near another plane for a long time. thanks alicia. >> let's get another check of our roads. map is in the "action news" traffic center. i think some of us feel like that hanging in our cars on the roads. >> that's right, always, yes always an adventure for sure as you head home on a monday afternoon, eva, but a lot of the roads this afternoon were purchasing along. just a little bit slow in a couple spots like here on the vine street expressway westbound side approaching the schuylkill and reminder, yes again each night this week they'll close this chunk of the vine by i-76. again, that starts each night at 11:00 goes until 4:30 or 5:00 in the morning. on the big picture still have that police activity of course in kensington shutting down hilton street between f and g. maybe stay down on allegheny to get around that. northbound on 95 nearly a again a just 13 miles per hour and in haddon township camden county, watch out for a crash along 130 at wilson avenue there by red barn books. also still have the crash in abington close to saint john of the cross blocking woodland road. thompson road gets you around

that. watching a wreck in cheltenham along washington lane at ashbourne road and a new one in east pikeland chester county to steer around 724 near harris hill road. still have that gas main break in absecon along route nine at lisbon avenue. in little egg harbor township at otis bob road a vehicle ran into a building. avoid that area near tuckerton. in stanton delaware one more crash to avoid along route seven limestone road autogamy way. we'll check it again alicia and eva coming up in the 5 o'clock hour. >> all right, thanks. meteorologist adam joseph has the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast next.

>> gloat meteorologist adam joseph here with a check of that accuweather forecast and it's about to get hot around here, hotter. >> yeah, it spikes tomorrow the heat, the humidity a chance for storms and then we

back it off big time in the middle of the week on wednesday. as we look at double scan live radar all is quiet this afternoon. the first full day of summer lots of sunshine. it is hot but it's not all that humid but again that does change on your tuesday. we did hit 90 degrees in philadelphia the second day in a row. tomorrow we will at least hit 90 degrees so we get three consecutive days in a row. tomorrow would be the first heat wave officially in philadelphia for the year. right now we're at 89. 86 in the lehigh valley. 88 in wilmington. winds generally are westerly, so really no sea breeze kicking in. temperatures equally as warm at the shore in the upper 80's and that ocean very warm right now, not bad at 71 degrees. tonight we'll be in the upper 60's north and west for your low temperatures, 74 in the city just a few patchy clouds but it will turn more humid as we go deeper into the overnight. and with that increase in humidity late tonight and tomorrow, when you combine that with 90's, we will have a heat index in philadelphia

near 103 early tomorrow afternoon. could feel like 104 in wilmington, the same for millville and dover. cracking that century point also for trenton and lakehurst and even at the shore very little in relief from that heat and humidity. in combination that will be in place tomorrow afternoon and then we're tracking a cold front. you can see how quickly these storms pass through chicago north of there, north of cleveland. almost looking like a bow and arrow as it was stretched out. those are those powerful winds pushing these storms along at very strong speeds. now, most of that energy tomorrow will lift up into new england but we will catch the cold front as it slides through tomorrow afternoon so we will see some scattered very strong, some could turn to the severe side anywhere between about 2 o'clock in the afternoon to around 4 o'clock north and west of philadelphia. then sliding to the south and east off the coast during the latter afternoon and early evening hours as we dry out to the north and west. and as these storms pass through, again, it doesn't

look like it's going to be a solid line and everyone will see them but where they pop between 2:00 and 7 o'clock that will he have tremendous amount of lightning with them, some torrential downpours winds possible in excess of 60 miles an hour and also some quarter size hail so we'll have to watch those on future tracker and double scan live radar all tomorrow afternoon. the exclusive accuweather 7-day forecast hot with those pop-ups in the afternoon of 95 degrees tomorrow but feeling hotter than that. then a beauty on wednesday full sunshine, 86, lowering humidity. we start with sun on thursday. we end with clouds and there could be some showers before the day ends. again, 2 o'clock in the afternoon here on channel six sharrie williams and i will be hosting the parade of sail as the tall ships come into the delaware and penn's landing as well as the camden need at 84. a lot of showers on friday and right now the weekend not looking that great. a lot of clouds both days with some on and off showers or downpours and cooler in the upper 70's and monday drying out at 80 degrees so a pretty

unsettled seven-day forecast but wednesday is your weekday winner. >> that's winner. adam thank you. what's the deal with smart plates measuring your food for you. we'll talk about it next.

>> we have smart everything these days, smartphones, watches, tv's and now a young philadelphia entrepreneur is taking that technology to tur table. so what's the deal with a smart plate? here's a look. we've got smartphones and smart tv's and now anthony ortiz hopes america will also went a smart plate. the first wired food plate. >> it instandly tracks and analyzes everything a consumer eats. >> reporter: three digital cameras take image of what's on each section of the plate while sensors underneath weigh it. the information is sent have i what wifi to a database of more than 300,000 foods.

the calories and other nutritional elements are calculated and sent back to an app in your smartphone. ortiz and his team say food is identified by color shape and texture and cameras can see differences such as fried versus grilled chicken. >> it can recognize food with up to 99.7 percent accuracy. >> reporter: the database expands as users upload details on what they're eating at home and away. although a prime use is for weight loss ortiz believes smart plates can help people watching macro nutrients athletes can check their protein and diabetics can monitor their carbohydrates. it will even warm you. >> you have gone over on your carbohydrates. please remove two tablespoons from tray c. >> reporter: ortiz says both smart plate and fit lease his healthy meal delivery service were inspired by his father's heart disease. a tool like smart plate could help others get on a healthier

track. >> we want to be there when they're ready to make that decision. >> reporter: ortiz used crowd funding to get smart plate going and get this, just yesterday he reached his goal. they will run for $199 a plate with the first shipment going out next summer. eva. >> i need something to slap my hand, take it away. >> thanks alicia. >> finally at 4:00 this story will make your day. major cute alert. meet obie a three week old pygmy hippo and he has just learned how to swim. this is video of his first swim at the big pool at the melbourne zoo. recently practicing in the kiddie pool and trainers say he loves to swim but since he's so little and he gets tired really fast he only gets to play in the big pool for 10 to 15 minutes at the time. >> then he has to put the swim mostly sunny on or get in the float. >> the float, yeah. >> that is it for "action news" at 4a 4:00 i'm alicia vitarelli. >> here are monica malpass and

sharrie williams with a look at what's ahead at 5:00. >> hi, ladies. the summer season is officially there. that means time to hit the beach for a lot of folks. nora muchanic with details on how officials have been working to get the shore towns ready. >> the summer is also a popular time to stop by your local farmer's market. what you should be asking before you buy local produce and vegetables. we'll have those stories and much more coming up next at 5:00.

>> ♪♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with jaime apody meteorologist cecily ily tynan rick williams and monica malpass. >> the big story on "action news." breaking in kensington police say five people have been shot and at least one of the victims is a child. we have team coverage on the shooting. let's go first to annie mccormack live near the scene. annie, what can you tell us. >> reporter: sharrie, that's a big update we just got from police and now five people are shot, down from seven. it does include an 11-year-old girl who suffered a graze wound. she is at saint christopher's hospital. well, take a look behind me. this is one of the bloody scenes here. you can see lawn chairs out here. police say a shot gun was used

and the shooter does remain on the loose. again, this is one of two scenes here in the 700 block of east hilton where the shooter opened fire. >> 3:30 p.m., it was a hot day, block was heavily occupied by adults and children. single perpetrator came onto the block male produced a firearm. discharged multiple times on the block. >> reporter: and again at least one of them is a child an 11-year-old girl. we are told that three of the victims were actually transported by police to temple. three more were taken to hahnemann. that includes an adult woman who suffered a graze wound and two were children who now we have learned are not injured. now, again the 11-year-old girl we're told is expected to be okay. again suffered a graze wound. we're told a gun was recovered along the block but police can't say yet at this point if that was in fact the gun that was used or if it was in fact a shot gun that they did discover today.